Hispanolistic | E+ | Getty Images Don’t expect the sofa you buy today to go the distance. “In the last 15 years, there’s been a shift to disposable furniture,” according to David Koehler, chairman of Johnny Janosik, a furniture retailer with stores in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. For most consumers, that’s okay. Attitudes have … Read more
An exterior view of the Advance Auto Parts store at the Sunbury Plaza, Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Paul Weaver | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Dan Loeb’s Third Point and activist Saddle Point have a stake in Advance Auto Parts and reached a settlement with the company that will give the activists three board seats, … Read more
Global logistics companies tell CNBC they have started the planning for a potential Trump win in November and the strategies that will be needed to mitigate any additional tariffs, with Mexico a key import gateway for any escalation in the trade war against China begun under Trump and continued during the Biden presidency. The planning … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump watches a video of President Joe Biden playing during a rally for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) at the Miami-Dade Country Fair and Exposition on November 6, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden issued opposing … Read more
Farmers and producers are set to give evidence about dealing with major supermarkets at a parliamentary inquiry into price gouging at the checkout. A Senate committee examining supermarket prices is holding a hearing at Orange in the NSW central west on Tuesday, with growers and agriculture groups to appear. Orchard farmers from the region will … Read more
After leaving engineering jobs at Amazon three years ago, Brett Skaloud and Jeff Feiereisen built a showerhead startup with social media virality, thousands of customers and $5 million in projected annual revenue. They still couldn’t land a deal on Friday’s episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank” due to making what billionaire investor Mark Cuban referred to … Read more
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures to supporters as he hosts a campaign rally at the Forum River Center in Rome, Georgia, U.S. March 9, 2024. Alyssa Pointer | Reuters President Joe Biden on Monday quickly slapped down Donald Trump’s suggestion in a CNBC interview that “there is a lot” that … Read more
CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. — Special Judge Fran Gull has granted the defense team’s request to move up the murder trial for Richard Allen, the man accused of killing teen girls Abby Williams and Libby German. Previously not set to go to trial until October, the high-profile murder case is now scheduled to begin on May … Read more
Five cross-country skiers were found dead on a mountaintop in the Swiss Alps, Valais regional police said Monday. A sixth person in the ski tour group remains missing and the search for them continues despite extreme weather conditions. The group of six skiers, including five family members from Valais and an individual from Fribourg, set … Read more
WASHINGTON – Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she would resign her post, effective March 22, saying she was leaving “with mixed emotions.” A former mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, and later an Ohio representative in Congress, Fudge, 71, served as HUD secretary since the start of President Joe … Read more
